What're you drinking right now?

[sofakingdrunk]

Burdock Double Ducks-absolutely excellent. Great balance and body.
Signal-FireWire, it tastes like soap and nothing else to me, maybe a touch of bitterness. I remember having this beer years ago when the brewery was originally around and it was quite decent. This is not. To be fair though it’s right after the excellent Burdock beer, so maybe a second chance is needed but it’s honestly going to be tough to get through this can.

[cratez]

Over the last few weeks, working my way through a haul from Kansas City:

KC Bier Pils
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
Shiner Oktoberfest - Marzen-Style Beer
Boulevard Dank 7 - Belgian-Style IPA
Komes Russian Imperial Stout
Boulevard Salute The Monarchs - Belgian-Style Tripel
2024 Boulevard Proper Pour - Cabernet Cask
Perennial Vacation Dad - Hoppy Blonde Ale
2023 Surly Darkness Imperial Stout
Boulevard Single Wide IPA
2024 Founders Ultimate Oktoberfest
Boulevard Dark Truth Imperial Stout

Highlights were the 2023 Darkness, Salute The Monarchs, Proper Pour, and Shiner Oktoberfest (surprisingly)

[Tapsucker]

The delightful GLB delivery driver brought me some 2024 Lake Effect yesterday. It's in good form this year.

[S. St. Jeb]

Bobcaygeon Bobber Micro IPA

Really good flavour, only 2.5% alc

[Lunardr0ne]

The delightful GLB delivery driver brought me some 2024 Lake Effect yesterday. It's in good form this year.

Enjoying one of these as well right now. The current one for me is orange and grapefruit, a good chunk pine and a bit of herbal notes, that I recall back in the 650ml bottle days representing as dill. A bit of honey & cracker sweetness and a nice bitterness.
I feel like some of the years back when it came in the 650ml bottles it was a little better than now, but I don't know how much of that is just nostalgia goggles. In either case agreed that it's it's in really good form this year. Not a lot of great westy leaning IPAs around these days, I'm thinking of ordering more myself.

[Cass]

I enjoyed a year-old St Bernardus Christmas Ale over the weekend to kick off the season. I think I will pick up one or two more while they're still at the LCBO!

[seangm]

In that vein I had a year old Gouden Carolus Christmas while decorating the tree, another seasonal favourite of mine. Not sure if it's officially back this season though, availability seems limited which suggests it's dwindling stock from last year.

Not a whole lot of Christmas ales available this year it looks like, so I guess I'll also be stocking up on St. Bernardus.

[S. St. Jeb]

Collective Arts Bourbon Barrel Age Imperial Porter

I thought I might have had this for a couple of years, but the packaging date on the bottom of the can is 2021 August. Time flies.

It's really good. Wish they would make it again.

[Craig]

I got a couple of the C'est What? beers from the LCBO mostly for nostalgic reasons. Really enjoyed the Black Katt I had the other night!

[dale cannon]

Don’t imbibe very often these days, but recently had the 2024 Fuller’s Vintage Ale and thought it was perhaps the best edition in many years (although I can’t recall whether I’ve had it every year). It is a true winter warmer and is somewhat reminiscent of what Fuller’s 1845 was like.

[Craig]

I'm drinking a "Ce n'est pas la fin du monde" right now, and it's terrific. I guess this is a dry hopped tripel? It ends up kinda like a double hazy IPA, but I gotta say I like the tripel yeast and body here a lot more than I do hazies.

[S. St. Jeb]

Muddy York Plank Road Sherry Barrel Aged Baltic Porter

I had one of these left of two I had bought a while ago. I checked emails....it was the spring of 2021. Longer ago than I realized.

I love this stuff. I hope they make it again sometime.

[skaghevn]

Currently having a Les Trois Mousquetaires Grande Cuvée Réserve De Noël -- it's enjoyable, but I don't foresee myself having one again.

I will be chowing down on a 2004 and then 2019 Fuller's Vintage Ale in the next couple of days. Any suggestions as to what to nosh on alongside with it would be most welcome.

[Craig]

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever eaten anything with a FVA. I think I have always had that as a standalone thing after all the food is done, almost like a nightcap.

I bet it would be great with a cheese plate though!

[seangm]

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever eaten anything with a FVA. I think I have always had that as a standalone thing after all the food is done, almost like a nightcap.

I bet it would be great with a cheese plate though!

That's actually how I enjoyed my Vintage Ale on New Year's Day, with a cheese and charcuterie board. I can confirm it was delicious, especially with a sharp aged cheddar and some fruit and nut crackers, similar to those Raincoast Crisps.